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If you walk around every day on eggshells, nervous about making a mistake or looking stupid, then you should read this.

If you have a "next big thing" in mind you want to do because you know it will be awesome (starting the business, making the big move, launching the nonprofit, writing the book) but are afraid of doing what it would take to make that thing happen, then you should read this.

The universe is very big. You are very small. In fact, you're so small and so insignificant in the big picture that you don't even register to the eye of the cosmos. The universe was here before you were born and will be here long after you're gone, and your life is but a blip on its vast, vast radar. If your life is to matter, it's not going to matter to the universe. It's up to you make your life matter in the only way you can: by doing things that make a difference to you, to those around you, and to those whose lives you touch. Time is short. You have exactly NOW to do whatever it is you're here to do, or to let the inexorable passage of hours and days and years kill your potential like fruit left to die on a vine.

The universe doesn't hate you, but it doesn't love you, either. You're just an atom in its infinite workings. The universe doesn't care if you live, die, suffer, or thrive. Whatever your life here will mean is up to you.

Stop worrying so much about what others think and start being who you're supposed to be. It's time to do some epic shit.

Full of quick tips and advice, the Brilliant series makes complex topics simple and easy to apply in the real world. 1.5 million Brilliant books have been sold around the world, so to celebrate this milestone we've included 10 Chapters from 10 of our bestselling Brilliant books to give you a taste of the series. By choosing the most inspiring and useful chapter for you, we hope you'll learn something new and get one step closer to being Brilliant on your chosen subject. Brilliant books are available for business, careers, management, lifeskills, computing, teaching, and study skills topics. So if you need help, advice or inspiration then we have something for all your personal and professional needs.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Dirty Jobs - Careers of Danger and Daring (Illustrated Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

If you are curious and excited about the ways in which our brave men did the commonest of jobs with the most basic technologies and negligible safety gears then, this is the book for you! Learn about the lives and daring jobs of firemen, sea-divers, bridge builders, circus trainers and more with this handy book.

What is pain? What is discomfort? Is it something terrible, something to be avoided... or is it the very thing that lets us know that we are alive?

The modern world has sold us on a lie. The lie says that to live is to be comfortable. To live is to be free of struggle. The lie says that the ultimate existence would be to never want for anything, to never be pushed so far that it hurts. So why do some of us seek out "edge" experiences? Why do we flirt with deprivation, with intentional chaos? Why do some of us push toward and through our own physical, emotional, and emotional limits, just to see how it feels?

Every day, safe in our modern cocoons, we can comfortably ignore the fact we are dying. But should we blind ourselves to the truth? Beyond self-help cliches lies a painful and sobering reality: YOUR TIME IN THIS LIFE IS LIMITED... AND IT IS RUNNING OUT.

This essay looks at what it is to strive, to seek out what hurts us so that we may find out what it is to truly be human.

From Chip and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick, comes The Myth of the Garage ... and other minor surprises, a collection of the authors' best columns for Fast Company magazine. There are 16 pieces in all, plus a previously unpublished piece entitled 'The Future Fails Again'.

In Myth, the Heath brothers tackle some of the most (and least) important issues in the modern business world:

- Why you should never buy another mutual fund ('The Horror of Mutual Funds')

- Why your gut may be more ethical than your brain ('In Defense of Feelings')

- How to communicate with numbers in a way that changes decisions ('The Gripping Statistic')

- Why the 'Next Big Thing' often isn't ('The Future Fails Again')

- Why you may someday pay $300 for a pair of socks ('The Inevitability of $300 Socks')

- And 12 others . . .

Punchy, entertaining, and full of unexpected insights, the collection is the perfect companion for a short flight (or a long meeting).

Finding and landing your ideal job doesn't happen by chance. You have to know the secrets of how to market yourself just like a brand to land your dream job. You can learn and employ this unique set of skills to ensure you find a good job, get hired, and jumpstart your career.

BRAND YOU! To Land Your Dream Job offers a step-by-step guide to teach you these skills, and share with you an insider's view of what it takes to be the one person out of hundreds of applicants to receive a coveted offer.

Here are 7 key essentials of valuable insight that will start you on your job search journey. They were hand-selected by the author to provide valuable content you can use immediately.

1. It's A Tough Job Market - but you can succeed if you know the secrets to success

6. Understand the Hiring Funnel - and how you can beat the resume-rejecting robots

7. Understand the Interview Process and Styles of Interviews - to ace the interview

Your dream job is out there somewhere. When you read BRAND YOU! To Land Your Dream Job, you will gain the tools and insight to find where it is hidden, get your persuasive credentials into the right hands throughout the hiring process, help you successfully complete the various interviews, and negotiate a great employment package.

"Always Know What To Say" is for anyone who wants a straight to the point explanation of conversation skills fundamentals. I point out key distinctions you can apply right away to go from being tongue tied and unsure of what to say to having fun meeting people and getting to know them better. If you read AND apply what I cover in the book you`ll make steady progress and become much more at ease talking to people.

This book is not for you if you already have very good conversation skills and are comfortable meeting new people and letting your personality shine. You need to go elsewhere if you are looking for "secrets" and advanced strategies to achieve conversation skills mastery. You`ll regard this book as common sense.

And finally, this book is not for you if you read self help books and disregard the training because you`ve read something similar before and never apply what you learn. You`ll tell yourself you knew it all already.

You`ll gain a lot from "Always Know What To Say" if you treat it as a set of principles and strategies you get to play with in the real world. This is not light entertainment, its practical training that`s designed for you to use in your day to day life. If you do you`ll enjoy the happiness and warmth that comes from connecting with the important people in your life whether that be in your family and community or at work.

Here`s what people are saying about this book at Amazon.com

"If you are a shy person who finds it difficult to communicate with new people then this book will be helpful. Peter Murphy presents conversation starters, explains body language and teaches you what to ask people when you first meet. This book contains simple strategies for entertaining conversations. With this book anyone should be able to survive a party or talk to strangers on a plane. I personally find that listening to people talk about their life is a good way to make people like you. Being a shy person by nature I found some of this book to be very useful."

Rebecca Johnson

"I found a lot of great ideas in this book. I will have to refer back to it frequently to remember some of the ideas. Its a short book but not only is it packed with great ideas but the author has a great free website packed with ideas and there is a free audio on his website. I think it would be worth writing down some of the ideas and reviewing them before a social situation."

Cynthia from Florida

"As a manager of a retail store that pushes strong customer service, I have a large young staff. I've shared excerpts from this book with them and it blows their mind. As a young person they are having a hard time talking to people about something that they are worried doesn't interest the customer so they are all worried about failure and rejection. This book, I believe, has helped save my store. It is very basic, but almost like, why didn't I think to tell my staff that!"

J.Conley

Book Description:

Want to know the easy way to approach and make conversation with new people? In this book you`ll discover simple ways to ensure you always have something interesting to talk about.

Find out how popular people make it look so easy and how you can do the same.

This short 17 page book covers the following strategies:

- How to Approach Someone to Start a Conversation

- 9 Great Ways to Confidently Approach Anyone

- How to Stop Feeling Nervous When Meeting New People

- What to Say When Introducing Yourself to New People

- 6 Easy Ways to Avoid Getting Stuck for Words

- 10 Interesting Topics of Conversation for Every Occasion

- The Best Questions to Keep a Conversation Going

- How to Shine in Conversation with Listening Skills

- How to Use Body Language to Read People Like a Book

- Show People You Like Them and Make Friends with Ease

Start reading this book right away and you`ll enjoy better conversation skills and have much more fun talking to the people in your day to day life

Do you often have the sense that you're chronically undercharging for the work you do? Are you working too hard without the income to show for it?

Then it's time for you to learn how to #PriceLikeAGirl: with power and confidence.

You're a woman in business doing great work: a coach, a solopreneur, a creative professional. There is no reason in the world that you can't make a great living doing what you love to do.

In "How to #Price Like A Girl," you'll discover why the "money mindset" piece that everyone talks about is a myth (it's so much simpler than that); how to really know your value; how to set your fees with ease; and much more.

You can have all the wonderful marketing in the world. But if your pricing isn't right, none of it will matter.

With humor and fun, author Mary Schiller (that's me!) will have you raising your rates and providing even better results to your clients and customers faster than you can say "Girl Power."

What #PriceLikeAGirl pricing has done for me:

- I doubled my coaching fees in just 1 year

- I've increased the number of clients working with me (no one has been scared away by my fees!)

- I've erased any "money blocks" that have stood in my way of making a great living doing what I do

And a whole lot more. I've stepped into a leadership role within my niche within a short period of time -- and I've done so without fear.

With this book, you'll also get access to my free guide, The Top 5 Ways to Double Your Fees Fast, plus bonus audios and more.

In short, I want you to have the business of your dreams and make the money you need -- the financial freedom -- to live the life you really want to live.

"How to #PriceLikeAGirl" is more than a book. It's a movement -- where the phrase "like a girl" will be transformed into what it really means: confidently, powerfully, with no apologies.

Now, go out and #PriceLikeAGirl! Look inside the book for a bonus on how to raise your fees -- fast.

We've been handed a world that was created by others, shaped by their thoughts and actions, and told that this is the way things must be.

We've been given a set of rules that are at root only opinions of the majority, and have been told that these are objectively, morally correct, immutable truths.

We've been sat down to play a game that is rigged -- a game that, even if we win, gives us something other than what we believed we would receive in victory.

And if we don't begin to consciously question the rules of our world and to look closely at the game we're unwittingly playing, then we will never get what we want.

It's time to look. Assess. Investigate. Choose. And, where appropriate, to disobey.

This essay follows the author's path from a life of "good kid" conformity in youth to his present-day decisions to start his own business, "unschool" his children, and to give up on what is not working. It's his manifesto of freedom and of conscious choice, and it can be yours, too.

If life is not what you wanted or expected it to be, this essay will help you to become more. To question norms. To disobey.

We all want to live forever, but we shouldn't. We're not supposed to. Ironically, if we could literally live every single day that time and space have left, our lives would be almost meaningless. It's the end of lives that cause them to matter.

But your life, short as it is -- and perhaps because it's short -- can have more meaning and more effect on other people than you can possibly imagine... if you chose to let it.

The end of your life is not the end. Not unless you let it be, through your actions and inactions during the time you're alive.

The end of your life -- thanks to the turbulence you leave behind you in the stream of time -- is the beginning.

One of the fastest paths to success is starting a new project like a business, blog, book or some other creative endeavor. Side projects can result in extra income, greater fulfillment and even a more enjoyable career. If you aren't creating something in your spare time, you aren't reaching your full potential.

Unfortunately, most people can't find the time, energy or correct life priorities to start and complete creative side projects. They keep putting off planning these projects, never finding out what they could have accomplished if they'd only created something.

Author Bryan Cohen is no stranger to creative productivity. He's earned more than $35,000 in the past few years from his side business, Build Creative Writing Ideas. His 30 books, all of which were written in the past few years, have sold more than 20,000 copies. He achieved this success through the life-enriching tips he learned by reading dozens of books, attending multiple conferences and through his own trial and error.

He's put in hundreds of hours of refining his creativity techniques so that you don't have to. By using Cohen's tips and tricks, you'll start planning your business, book, blog or course in the next few days with optimized time, renewed energy and an improved balance in your life.

For purchasing this concise 16,000-word book, you'll get an added bonus: 75% off access to Cohen's online video course on the education platform Udemy.

7 Steps To Creating, Promoting & Profiting From Online Courses will show you the proven step-by-step strategy to create a successful online course regardless of whether you are starting from scratch, looking to add an additional revenue stream to your current business or wanting to become an online course titan. The info in this book doesn't come from theory, or throwing mama's spaghetti at the wall (well, maybe a little spaghetti...). Instead of hype and false promises, it comes from author David Siteman Garland's experience with his own online courses (starting from $0 and growing to over $8,000,000 in sales) and teaching over 4,000 students to create successful online courses on every topic imaginable from baby sleep training to clarinet lessons for adults.

David Siteman Garland (DSG) is the creator of The Rise To The Top & Create Awesome Online Courses. David teaches awesome people how to create an sell online courses. He is also the co-founder of Course Cats software which makes it super simple to create an amazing online course website without needing a designer, web developer, a psychiatrist and a team of 1,000 nerds. David lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his way-smarter-than-him wife Marcie and children Aviva & Coby.

A short guide developed by Lord Young, the Prime Minister's adviser on small business and enterprise, to help you turn your business idea into reality. It provides useful hints, advice and further support.

As a founder, It's easy to get lost while trekking through the fundraising process. The dynamics of speaking to someone who has the capital you need, while discussing terms you've never heard of, can all be quite daunting.

This book deciphers the secrets to raising capital from investors for early-stage, high-growth startups. Learn about communicating with investors, shareholders and lawyers. We will go over the materials you will need to prepare, the basics of how to understand your deal, and the mindset you will need to approach this journey successfully.

The aim is to provide you, the ambitious early-stage founder with the right information to take your company to the next level.

The book also has additional digital resources, including sample documents and templates available at the book's website here - http://www.fundraisingfieldguide.com

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Embrace The Fast Way of The High Definition Life with a quick and easy principle and strategies to help you consider every possible angle while designing and building a better life, relationship, product, service, or business.

If business was a game are you confident you know enough of the rules to give you the edge so that you can start to break them creatively? Can you keep the big picture in mind while working and focusing on the day-to-day tasks and problems that continually arise when starting to nurture your entrepreneurial vision, explore your dream venture or grow your enterprise?

Understanding and applying the leadership and management principle and strategies inherent within the GO FASTER approach to business will help you consistently stay on top of your game so you can start making the rules instead of just following them.

Today's traditional employment model is structured so that one is paid for the work he or she does over a given period. In this linear construct, you go to work for a week and at week's end you are compensated for that work. The next week you do more work and are compensated for that work, and so on. This is a common agreement between employers and employees in many countries, including the United States.

The purpose of this book is to challenge that construct. It is the author's intent to suggest a more profitable arrangement for the creator of the product -- the worker. The notion is that one could work on a project for a certain amount of time but the product of that project could pay dividends for a longer term. One might work for a week and be paid for the product of that work every week for many years. Imagine how this construct would compound income week after week, project after project. At some point, with numerous streams of income from a growing number of completed projects, one would be able to discontinue taking on new projects if he or she desired, living off the residuals of the projects he or she created to that point. Indeed, one could take a vacation, still earning income from work he or she completed long ago.

With the help of Dr. Frederick Von Greensburg, Thaddeus Cooper breaks down the concept of passive income and outlines a strategy for creating streams of this revenue to supplement or replace traditional income.

A self-help book for the masses and a manifesto for the most creative among us, Don't Give Your Work Away For Free: A free ebook by Thaddeus Cooper is a MUST READ!

What's the first obstacle in changing career? Your own fear of change. This book uses practical exercises to help conquer this fear and get you started.

Nearly 90% of us work in a job that we don't enjoy. Even if the job is well paid, people are too scared to leave and try something different. This fear gets worse the older we get. Most career change books focus on training and skills, but they don't really talk about getting past the first major hurdle; a fear of change.

In this book, I take you through the ways you can confront your fear of change and get a career that's right for you...no matter how old you are.

Is it your dream to have your own business? If it is, you likely want to do everything you can to make sure you're starting your business on the right foot. After all, you probably have dreams about how wonderful it's going to be once you're your own boss, are able to make the decisions and enjoy the freedom and income that comes with owning your own business.

Alas, it doesn't always work out that way. In fact, in all too many cases, your dream of being an entrepreneur turns into a nightmare -- working too hard for too little money, living under constant stress, drowning in overwhelm and not loving what you do after all.

Luckily, it doesn't have to be that way. This book is designed to give you all the tools you need to start a business you love and that loves you back, so you can avoid common entrepreneur and business owner mistakes. In addition, this book can also help you if you have a business you're struggling with and want to get (or recapture) that loving feeling.

This book and its FREE online video course teach you Internet marketing basics like how to get traffic to your website, how to get the contact information from your website visitors and grow an email list, and how to monetize your knowledge by selling digital information products.

Learn how to find a profitable niche that suits your skill-set, to grow your audience, and build an online platform to sell your skills and knowledge.

THE GREAT BRITISH ENTREPRENEUR'S HANDBOOK 2016 shares the secrets of experienced entrepreneurs on everything from how to get effective media coverage to the secrets of attracting the best and brightest to your firm. With wit and wisdom, the personalities behind some of the leading firms and entrepreneurial organisations in the UK today guide budding entrepreneurs through all the highs and lows of what it takes to be a business success.

How to sell a ton of books (even if you're starting with no platform). If you've found this book I'm assuming you have or will soon have a book out on the market, and are exploring ways to turn it into a best-selling powerhouse that will slaughter the competition and pay for your retirement. The indie publishing world is thrilling because of the possible returns, and I hope you and your book do well. You're probably searching for things like "book marketing" and "book promotion" so you can learn how to find readers and convince them to buy your book. But almost everything you read will be wrong. That's because marketing in general is dead. Advertising is dead. Selling and convincing people to buy: also dead. The new law of book sales is this: if you're talking about your book, promoting your book, sharing your book... you're screwing it all up. Don't make "Old School" marketing mistakes that will sabotage your efforts! This book will help you to... Avoid the common mistakes that kill book sales Set up an author platform quickly that will triple your results Use Social Media (like an expert) without being annoying Advertise for maximum impact (at the lowest cost) Make powerful friends online who can move thousands of books Before you spend a lot of money on book marketing services or author publicity... Make sure you've plugged all the holes in your sales funnel so you're not throwing money away. If you're looking for a "Bestseller Campaign" but don't have a big budget... This book will show you plenty of ways to improve sales without spending a dime.

Ordinary Job, Ordinary Life "Quit your job? But I thought having a job was a good thing!" Jobs feel safe. We show up, do what we're supposed to do, and a check for the same amount comes in every couple of weeks. We can feel safe, secure, and comfortable with that. We can budget for housing, transportation, and food. We might even get a few weeks of vacation each year and have enough left over to go somewhere nice. So what's the problem? Average Isn't Satisfying, and Repetition is Drudgery The problem is that average just isn't satisfying. We can be thankful that we're not homeless or completely impoverished all we want, but that still doesn't scratch the itch we all have to live an extraordinary life-to spend more time doing what we love, less time doing what we don't love, and have more financial wealth to support our adventures. On top of that, most jobs involve doing the same things over and over again. You don't learn. One day blends into the next. You don't grow. Your life lacks richness, diversity, and excitement. All put together this doesn't make for a very inspiring way to live the one life you get. Quit, and Do Your Own Shit In "Quit Your Job in 6 Months: Why You Should Quit Your Job and How You Can," author and internet entrepreneur Buck Flogging reveals all of his internet business secrets to help you build a business from zero to $100 per day or more in 6 months or less-all in your spare time using time-efficient tactics that work, with minimal startup costs. If you want a shot at achieving real wealth and living the dream life of freedom to work anywhere in the world with an internet connection, the four book "Quit Your Job in 6 Months" series will teach you everything you need to know. Available in paperback, audiobook, and as an eBook for instant download on major book retailers everywhere. To get each book in the series for FREE, and to get more materials to help show you insider information that can help show you the way, go to: www.quitn6.com.

The rule book has changed. You attend a business networking event and meet Jack. You offer to buy him lunch to foster a relationship. Point scored. You meet for coffee. Jack has potential to be your new customer and might even lead you to new business. Feeling pretty good, you go to another function. You're impressed with the influential speaker who has a lineup of people who want to meet her. You figure, what the heck? I'll ask her for a coffee, too. Wrong move. You could actually be pushing away influential connections without knowing it. Growing your business while creating influential connections, is a skill. It is a game, with a set of rules, habits and etiquette that when followed, could change the landscape of how you do business, deeply improving your bottom-line. The challenge is most of us in business are unfamiliar with the game of growing influence. Influence expert Teresa de Grosbois takes you on a journey that unveils the key habits for success that are encompassed by the most influential people across the globe. She shows you the top mistakes to avoid when connecting with the influential and how to ultimately join their ranks so you too, can become a key player in your field, your company, your industry or community.